July - Newsletter 29 (3rd July 2013)
Dear Parents/Carers,
Sports Days - Thank you very much for your support for our sports days. Weather-wise, we didn’t get the perfect summer days we may have wanted but I’m very pleased we were able to go ahead and we were very pleased with the children’ s attitude and sporting prowess – well done all. Both the Infant and Junior sports days were won by the Yellowhammers who are proving hard to beat; winning last year’s Junior Sports Day and both the Infant and Junior Sports Days the year before that as well.
Classes for Next Year
- I’m pleased to be able to let you know the
class information for next year. Each class will have chance to have a lesson
with their new teacher and you will be able to speak to their current and new
teacher at our Open Evening next week (Thursday 11th July from
6-8pm).
|
Teacher |
Teaching Assistant |
Reception |
Mrs Toyne |
Mrs Stansfield/Mrs Davies |
Year 1 |
Mrs Chamberlain |
Mrs Valentine |
Year 2 |
Miss Rainey |
Mrs Leary/Mrs Li |
Year 3 |
Mrs Lenaghan |
Mrs Davenport |
Year 4 |
Mr Vallance |
Mrs Coughtrey |
Year 5 |
Mrs Love/Mrs Tweddle |
Miss D/Mrs Parker |
Year 6 |
Mr Toyne |
Mrs Walsh |
Leave of Absence
- There is a change in law around
authorising absence which comes into effect from September 1st 2013.
This affects the ability of schools to authorise holiday absence during term
time. Basically from September, schools are not allowed to authorise a holiday
during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances. A leaflet from Stockport Council is attached
which explains this change for parents. The vast majority of our parents don’t
take holiday during term time anyway and we always advise against it as the
children miss valuable work and sometimes large parts of a topic which are very
hard to catch up on once they are back. To help you plan for this, the holiday
dates (including INSET days) are shown below:
|
School Closes after Lesson on |
School re-opens on |
|
|
Tuesday 3rd
September |
Autumn
Half Term |
Friday 18th
October |
Tuesday 29th
October |
Christmas |
Friday 20th
December |
Tuesday 7th
January |
Spring
Half Term |
Friday 21st
February |
Monday 3rd March |
Easter |
Friday 4th
April |
Wednesday
23rd April |
Whit Half
Term |
Friday 23rd
May |
Tuesday 10th
June |
Summer |
Tuesday 29th
July |
Tuesday 2nd
September |
Thank you in anticipation of your help
with this.
Junior
Production – Pirates of the Curry Bean, 15th July at 2pm (dress
rehearsal) and 16th and 17th July at 6:30pm - Rehearsals are in full flow for our Junior
Production and junior parents are receiving a letter this week about ordering
tickets. We’re really looking forward to the show and hope that you can make it
(me hearties!). On the nights of the show (Tuesday 15th and
Wednesday 16th) children in Years 3, 4 and 5 should arrive at school at 6:15pm
(no earlier please) in their costume. Year 6 can arrive at 6pm and get changed
once in school.
Parents Questionnaire – please
compete on the VLE
Our parent questionnaire for 2012-2013
is now available on our VLE (in the ‘Parents and Whole School’ section). We
would really like to get feedback from parents of every child in school as it
helps us maintain what is working and further develop our plans and practice.
Thank you to everyone who filled in a questionnaire last year, but many parents
didn’t. So this year, in an attempt to encourage more of you, there is a slip
below which you can fill in to say you have completed the questionnaire –
please return this to school and in exchange we have a special ‘Lane End’
pencil for your child as a token of our appreciation! We will also send home
log-in details to the VLE for each child again just in case anyone has lost
these. The deadline for filling in the questionnaire is Friday 19th
July. Thank you!
PTA Picnic
The PTA picnic is on Friday 19th
July from 6:30 - 9pm. You don’t need a ticket as you can pay on the ‘door’ - £1for
adults and it’s free for children. Children must be accompanied by an adult who
will be responsible for them. Just bring a picnic with you to eat on the field.
We will have bouncy castles and some games and stalls (including a couple of
food stalls) to keep the children amused and maybe a few races too. The event
is weather-permitting.
Open Evening – we will also have ‘nearly new’ uniforms available
for a donation to the PTA.
Reminders:
Reception class assembly tomorrow
(Thursday 4th) at 10:10am, Reports out on 10th July, Open
Evening and Art Exhibition on 11th July from 6-8pm, Guitar Assembly
on Wednesday 10th July at 10am(parents of guitarists welcome),
Woodwind Assembly on Thursday 18th July at 10am (parents of woodwind
players invited), Year 5 band to play for their parents on Tuesday 23rd
July at 2:45pm, Choir ‘Tea Party’ at 3:45pm on Wednesday 24th July
(for parents of choir members), Characterz show for parents at 3:45pm on
Thursday 25th July, Year 6 Leavers Assembly at 9:15am on Friday 26th
July.
We aim to be
approachable and work in partnership with parents, so if there is anything
you wish to discuss, please do not hesitate to come and talk to us.
Yours sincerely,
James Twigg
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PARENT QUESTIONNAIRE
REPLY SLIP
Please return this slip to school to let us know that you have completed
the parents’ questionnaire on the VLE.
Parent of: Class:
Signed:
Your child will receive a Lane End pencil as a token of our appreciation
for taking the time to fill in the questionnaire – thank you!
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0161 485 8071
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